Chapter 611: Clues, inconsistent timeline!
“This smell”
Aware that something was wrong, Sumo immediately frowned and called the team to stop.
The snowflakes falling in the sky have not completely stopped yet.
The smell of most creatures and the rotten smell of things will be covered up.
It can break through this barrier and clearly convey the smell for hundreds of meters.
It is hard to imagine that if it were not covered by the snow, I would be able to smell it far away at the foot of the mountain.
"Invite the second team to come over, don't act rashly yet"
Sumo gave the order.
The second team, which had been taking a detour, also discovered the problem in the cave. After receiving the signal from the main team, they completely took off their disguise and began to move forward at full speed.
In less than five minutes, the two teams successfully converged a hundred meters inside the cave.
At this point, even those with a dull sense of smell can clearly smell the stench of blood coming from the cave.
"Director, I'm afraid there's something wrong here."
The smell is so smoky that most people's subconscious reaction is to step back half a step and start to take the mask belt from their waists.
But only Feng Tianmin and a few others stared at the dark cave entrance with cautious faces, carefully using their noses to distinguish the information conveyed by the smell.
After shaking his head, he indicated that he was not sure either.
Sumo took the telescope from the small leather pocket on his waist and began to look at the dark entrance of the cave.
Like the cliff territory, the outside of the cave in this murderous territory is also carved with crooked characters and symbols, representing the identity of the people living inside.
It’s just that most of the fonts are now covered with snowflakes, which is obviously accumulated because no one has been on duty to clean them for a long time.
Looking at the wall near the outside, there are basically no signs of burning, which means that there was no accident like a fire that caused the current appearance.
"Call Liu Yai and Liu Quan over!"
After continuing to observe for a while, and getting some key information, Sumo gave the order without raising his head.
Soon, the two Liu brothers who were at the back of the team stepped forward.
“Were there more Westerners living in this territory before?”
Liu Quan was stunned and nodded quickly: “It seems to be the territory of foreigners. The last time we passed by I’ve never seen any of us Chinese among the people who were fighting”
"When they were entrenched in this area, did they provoke any relatively powerful gathering place?"
Liu Quan thought about this question for a while, and then said uncertainly: "Probably not. , although there are many human gathering places in this thousands-mile mountain, only the origin camp in the gentle center of the mountain range can be said to be relatively powerful. Beyond that, there are basically few gathering places with more than a thousand people and suitable armed forces. "
"In addition, Dawang Mountain is already on the outskirts. If someone really comes to seek revenge, we are so close that we won't be able to receive any news!"
They are all neighbors. It is not easy to clean up the camp of two to three hundred people quietly.
Either they are like the group of mysterious people who came out of the ruins, possessing technological weapons of unknown power, which can produce dimensionality reduction strikes.
Either there are too many people, and they can use their strength to crush the opponent head-on without causing any ripples.
Other operations, such as segmentation tactics, poisoning food, and air poisoning, all have many constraints.
It is an operation that seems very simple when you think about it, but if you are not careful when implementing it, it will have reverse effects.
“Let’s go in and have a look!”
Thinking about it, Sumo felt a sudden change in his heart and no longer hesitated.
Wow!
After the order was given, the team of hundreds of people began to divide into ten pairs in an orderly manner, sprinting for the last 100 meters in an arrow shape.
Because I was wearing a mask, the smell was almost blocked.
Even if there are still other toxic ingredients remaining in this smell, it will not pose a major threat in a short period of time.
"Teams 1, 2, 3 and 4 follow me in, teams 5, 6 and 7 are standing sentry outside, and teams 8 and 90 use the cave as the coordinate origin to search for suspicious traces within 500 meters of the surrounding area"
When they arrived at the entrance of the cave, everyone could clearly see the blood that had solidified on the ground.
Like a bloody centipede.
The traces are crooked and twisted, and accompanied by several horrific bloody handprints, it looks like a scene from a horror movie.
Fortunately, it is still daytime and there are many people present, so this atmosphere will not spread.
Take out the flashlight.
Pick up the torch.
Switching the rifles on their backs to the firing mode, four teams of forty people, including the two Liu brothers, began to cautiously explore inside under the leadership of Sumo.
"There should have been a battle here, and the opponent should have a gun in his hand!"
Within four or five steps into the cave, Sumo looked at the marks on the cave wall and stepped forward. Taking one step, he took off his gloves and lightly rubbed them on the marks.
This mark is familiar to anyone who has used a gun. It is the scorch mark left by the bullet grazing the wall.
When you put it to the tip of your nose and smell it, the slightly irritating smell matches it.
"Guns and bows and arrows?"
"I said this group of people rob passers-by every day, and sooner or later something will happen. It seems like this is retribution for something bad!"
Unsure of the seriousness of the matter, Liu Yao was laughing and joking and did not take this discovery seriously.
In his opinion, everything that is happening in the Fierce Man's territory is a simple act of seeking revenge. It is the leader of the lords who leads people to provoke trouble everywhere, which leads to big trouble.
It's not worth being so cautious!
However, Liu Yai's confidence and courage were destined not to last long.
It took less than five seconds before and after.
Just as he carelessly took a few steps forward, turned a corner, and was about to show off, he suddenly screamed, scaring everyone's hearts.
“What’s wrong?”
At the first moment, Somo subconsciously grabbed the butt of the gun in his hand and looked cautiously towards the direction from which the sound came.
"Here, there is someone here!"
"Is there someone?"
With a wink to the back, Sumo directly pressed his finger in the direction of the trigger. Always be ready to shoot with your gun.
In the cave, under such circumstances, if there are still people who can live inside.
Either he is a ruthless person who is used to life and death, or he is the murderer who caused all these tragedies.
Both of them, no matter which one they are, pose a very high threat.
Afraid of being ambushed, the soldiers holding torches and flashlights at the rear were also very cautious, forming a three-man covering formation and slowly moved forward.
"Director, there is a mummy!"
Coming to the corner where Liu Yai sat down, under the firelight, the "person" in Liu Yao's mouth was naturally invisible.
After taking two steps forward, Su Mozhan could clearly see the appearance of the mummy.
"Is all the flesh and blood drained from the body?"
Look up.
The pale skin has completely lost its elasticity and sticks tightly to the frame, revealing two black eye sockets.
The sunken chest and abdomen seemed to have been hit hard by a hammer, and crooked dry lines could be seen all over it.
Look down.
The dry thighs were like two branches, no longer as thick as an adult's arm, and the raised knee joints were like two javelins, poking straight into the ground.
Even the big feet, which looked quite large before, became only the size of a child after losing their activity and muscle filling.
“There is a wound on his neck!”
Feng Tianmin, who followed him, had no fear in his heart. While everyone was still looking at him, he picked up a branch and poked it gently. On the neck of the mummy.
A flip.
From here, everyone can see an obvious wound with their own eyes.
Standing next to him, Liu Yai also looked at it immediately, but with just one look, he exclaimed: "Gear!"
Standard The sixteen-cornered gear is a symbol of modern industrial precision and is full of a unique sense of beauty.
If this thing were placed in a toolbox or parts box, no adult from modern society would take a second look at it.
But when it was placed on the neck of the mummy, it immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
"Is this the symbol on the head of that mysterious group of people?"
Without any hesitation, Sumo asked directly.
Although Liu Yai was shocked, he quickly replied: "Yes, it's the logo on their heads. Except for the number of bumps on the gears being larger, the appearance and size are exactly the same!"< br>
I just heard about what happened in the center of the mountain range yesterday.
I saw with my own eyes the traces left by the other party early this morning.
Knowing that he was an enemy who might collide directly in the future, Sumo did not doubt that he was there, so he went forward and leaned down to investigate.
The owner of the mummy should be a white man who is still in his prime.
In terms of physique, such a strong man is extremely powerful in combat. If he meets head-on, even if his fighting skills are mediocre, he can still fight with a trained warrior for a period of time.
But the problem happens to be here.
In addition to the gear wound on his neck, it was difficult to find a second wound after searching all over his body.
“Keep looking and see if there are others like this in the cave!”
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Somo took a moment and the team dispersed into three directions and began to move along. Explore inside the cave.
A long while.
When all the mummies were found and moved to the exit of the cave.
Even Sumo became unusually silent.
There are a total of one hundred and forty-eight mummies in the cave.
Although this does not match the number of people in the murderer's territory before, it is still more than half of the people.
Relying on the identification of the two brothers Liu Yai and Liu Quan, it was easy to find the lord of this territory.
No different from the first mummy found, this white lord also had an obvious gear wound on his neck.
Obviously, the murderer is the same person or the same group of people!
"That group of mysterious people are chasing you here?"
My younger brother Liu Quan first made a guess, and then immediately shook his head and denied it.
The reason is simple.
In the wasteland, there are only a few possibilities for killing people.
First, seek wealth.
Money moves people's hearts. No matter whether the mysterious perpetrators are rich or poor, no matter whether their supplies are in short supply or not, they will all fight for this reason.
But immediately, after searching the entire cave, Qiu Cai was the first to be excluded.
Without him, although the materials in the entire territory were scattered on the ground, they were not taken away in terms of quantity.
Second, revenge.
This is also difficult to reconcile. According to Liu Yai and Liu Quan's description, the establishment time of the murderer's territory was before the mysterious man broke through the restrictions of the ruins.
Being so far away, and knowing the opponent's record, I didn't dare to make any mistakes even if I gave these people with bows and arrows some courage.
Third, bloodthirsty.
Similarly, this is also a very difficult reason to convince.
After all, when the mysterious man came out, he didn't kill everyone, so there was no possibility of him going crazy later.
Even if the mysterious man was really crazy, he chased him to Dawang Mountain and wiped out everyone in the murderer's territory without any effort.
Then the cliff territory will definitely not be able to escape the murderous hand, and there is no possibility that it will be safe and stable now.
"Director, come and see!"
While thinking, he heard the shouts of the soldiers inside, Somo put away his thoughts and went to the source of the sound.
Went not far.
Halfway through the third cave entrance, Sumo saw the vice-captain Feng Long who was leading the fourth team at a glance.
At this time, he was not observing the materials and facilities in the cave.
Instead, he lay on the ground, staring at the blood-stained ground under the light.
“Is there something wrong with the ground?”
He came closer and looked at it for a while. Although Sumo felt familiar, he didn't remember where the familiarity came from.
"Director, it's not that there's a problem with the ground, it's that there's something wrong with the shoe print!"
Three times five divided by two, Feng Long sat up straight and used the specially made climbing shoes on his feet. The boots came off.
This kind of boots is the first batch of finished shoes produced after the depression regained some productivity.
Specially supplied to the whole team for traveling in snowy weather, it has considerable anti-skid, warm and wear-resistant properties.
The output of boots was not much, only a few hundred pairs in total, and there were not many to distribute to each person, so every soldier picked them up as a treasure, and usually cherished them very much.
At this time, Feng Long took it off and compared it up and down. Sumo immediately discovered the problem.
“This sole pattern?”
Feng Long nodded and pressed the sole of his shoe hard on the side.
Suddenly, two patterns with exactly the same pattern, except for a slight difference in size, appeared on the ground.
"Director, look!"
"Marshal Wang and others should have brought people here before, and when they came, such a tragedy should not have happened here"
"These shoes The blood stains on the prints obviously seeped in later!”
The school that specializes in training police officers has a very professional course called Traceology.
When detecting crime scenes or tracking down murderers, the knowledge of this subject is widely used and can achieve extremely impressive results.
Li Hu and Feng Tianmin were both soldiers in the wild, and they all learned combat-related knowledge.
But Feng Long came from a major, and although his combat effectiveness was a bit weaker, he was still ahead of the other two in these aspects.
"Yes, even if someone can imitate our shoe prints, it is impossible to make them exactly the same."
"If Marshal Wang and the others arrived here first, then the murderer's time of committing the crime would be better. Inferred! ”
The truth of the matter can only be inferred through clues in the details.
According to the time Marshal Wang traveled, the time he arrived here was judged based on the degree of blood coagulation.
A vague time interval emerged.
"Five days, four days, three days before the heavy snowfall disaster, did you hear any noise in these three days!"
Call the two Liu brothers, Soma began to seek confirmation.
The two thought for a while, then recalled it in front of everyone, shaking their heads.
The two sides are said to be not far away, but the straight-line distance is as much as three or four kilometers.
Coupled with the way up and down the mountain, it is difficult to detect the movement here unless there is violent noise and obvious firelight.
Judging from the current weird one-sided situation in the cave, it is normal not to notice any noise.
However, failing to provide information in this regard, his younger brother Liu Quan gave a breakthrough in another aspect.
“About two days ago, or just one day, a group of people passed by our territory at night”
"At that time, they offered to come in and sit down to see if they could exchange some items."
"But we saw that they had guns, so we refused."
"In the end, this group No one was angry, and they asked us about the direction down the mountain, and then went to Dawang Mountain. Could it be them?"
(End of Chapter)